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Here is a handy tool, we found a website that has a free official Hawaii Visitors Guide.  The website is, www.gohawaii.com, and the link to visitors guide is, http://www.gohawaii.com/about_hawaii/visitor_guide.  This guide will help you plan your next visit to Hawaii, from what to do, where to stay, and events. Also a great website to visit for maps and information is, www.alternative-hawaii.com.  This website provides you with a maps, acommodations, activities, calendar of events, restaurants, and more for each of Hawaii’s six Islands.

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Are you going to Hawaii and wondering about the best places to eat?  Well here are a few suggestions,

Hy’s Steak House

One of the best known steak houses in Hawaii, Hy’s Steak House provides the food and atmosphere of fine dining.  For imformation and locations go to, http://www.hyshawaii.com

Tiki’s Grill and Bar

Located on the second floor of the Waikiki Beach Hotel, Tiki’s Grill and Bar offers the flavors of Hawaii and casual American.  For more info, visit their darling website at, http://www.tikisgrill.com/postIndex/postindex.htm

Holokai Grill

Located at the Waikiki Beach Walk, this 152 seat restaurant offers a carefree dining experience, along with live contemparary Hawaiian entertainment.  For info on Holokai Grill go to, http://www.holokaigrill.com

 Sansei Seafood & Sushi Bar

With 4 grat locatins to serve you, Sansei Seafood and Sushi Bar is one of America’s best sushi restaurants.  Visit their website at, http://www.sanseihawaii.com

Chai’s Island Bistro

Honolulu Magazine’s winner of the Best New Restaurant in 2000.  Chai’s Island Bistro offers Pacific Rim Cusine, and Hawaii’s hottest nightly entertainment.  http://www.chaisislandbistro.com

We hope you like our suggestions!

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If you are visiting Kauai, you have to go to Puka Dog!  It could be the most unique and delicious hot dog you have ever eaten. In Hawaiian, puka means hole, and Puka Dog makes their buns special, with a whole right down the middle.  Next the pour in some of their delicious relishes (special hawaiian recepies), or just your usual condiments if you choose.  And finally they slide in a premium polish dog. 

Their relishes are, mango relish, pineapple relish, papaya relish, coconut relish, banana relish, guava relish and star fruit relish.

Their is also a Puka Dog location in Oahu.

For more information on Puka Dog, for pictures, locations and the menu, go to http://www.pukadog.com

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Can you think of anything better than relaxing on the beautiful beaches of Kauai for 6 Days? I couldn’t either, especially if I had a private chef, a trip host, massages, transpartation and much more!  I know this sounds like a dream, but it’s not!  You can actually have it all, the Hula Girls have partnered up with Gulliver’s travel to make it possible!

Your stay will include private, luxurious accommodations and delicious, health-inspired cuisine prepared by your own private chef. The island’s best guides and instructors will take you hiking, snorkeling, surfing, scuba diving, zip-lining or any other adventure you choose. Come home to an in-room massage or tone your body with a personal trainer. Whatever you select, your activities are meticulously planned so that you enjoy seamless transitions throughout your stay. Pure Kauai helps you experience the “Garden Island” in a way no one else can.

 To set up your itinerary and get a quote, click here, type in the special ITA # which is 1175422. Then you can proceed by clicking on “Preferred Destinations”. There you will see a link that says “Escape to Kauai”.

Hope you have amazing time in Kauai!  We would love to see your pictures, so when you get back email us (contact us tab) and let us know how your trip was.

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The Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort: From $275.00 The Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa is a romantic Hawaiian retreat, offering couples spectacular options for special moments amidst tropical blossoms and cascading waterfalls. Just some of the sophisticated, exciting pleasures offered here include international shopping, outstanding restaurants and a world-class spa.

Couples seeking the ultimate privacy will especially enjoy the Regency Club, offering exclusive service and accommodations on the six highest floors of the 40-story Diamond Head Tower. Complimentary amenities here include concierge services, continental breakfast, afternoon snacks and refreshments and evening cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Also included are passes to the 24-hour fitness center and Spa and limousine service within the Waikiki area. Guest rooms in the Regency Club have marble bathrooms, bathrobes, slippers, upgraded bathroom amenities, two telephones, a clock radio with cassette, as well as turndown service. International newspapers are also available.

To get this deal, Click Here. Type in the special ITA # which is, 1175422.  You can then proceed by clicking on “Sunshine for Sale”.

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To the left you will see Shaka (Santa) and Tutu (Mrs. Clause).  This jolly old couple loves to take a break every year from the cold climate of North Pole, they do that at the Honolulu City Lights.  It’s nice to see santa relaxing, isn’t it?  Santa shows up to Hawai’i in a bright red outrigger canoe, (a magic one of course) which carries him across the wide sea and right up onto the beach. Since Hawai’i only gets snow on top of the highest mountains (which are volcanoes!) on the Big Island and Maui, sleighs aren’t much use and the reindeer get to take a little rest while deliveries are being made in the Islands.

The Hawaiian words used as a Christmas greeting have changed sixteen times from 1876 to 1903.  “Merry Christmas” was first stated with the words, Ka Nupepe Ku’oko’a, the greeting today is Mele Kalikimaka.  Here are the lyrics to the song “Mele Kalikimaka”.

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day

That’s the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright

The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night

Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way

To say “Merry Christmas to you.”

Hawaii also has their own way of telling the traditional story Twas the Night Before Christmas, and have their own words to The 12 Days of Christmas.

You know your celebrating Christmas in Hawaii when………..

• The only snow you see is in a cone shaped cup covered in syrup.

• Santa arrives on the beach in a canoe.

• Silent night is played on the ukelele.

• It’s macadamia nut candy instead of fruitcake.

• You leave your slippers and sandals at the door, not your snow boots.

• Sushi and passion orange juice are left out for Santa.

For more ways to know you are celebrating Christmas in Hawaii go to , http://www.melekalikimaka.com/customs2.htm.

If you are visiting Hawaii during the Christmas Season, make sure that you don’t miss the Honolulu Lights. Events are held throughout the month of December.  You can find out about all of these events on the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau’s Calendar of events webpage, http://www.calendar.gohawaii.com.

For other interesting Christmas in hawaii facts, go to http://www.melekalikimaka.com

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Some of our readers have expressed an interest in taking surfing lessons while in Hawaii and asked if we could recommend someone.  Since we are with a women’s blogazine, we wanted to find an amazing woman who offered surfing lessons.  We found Sunset Suzy!!  She offers everything from one day lessons to surf camps for women, men, and children.  She is very experienced and is located on the North Shore.  We included her bio from her website (below) and links, and information.  If you are interesting in learning to surf, we suggest giving her a try!Aloha and Mahalo!The Hula Girls…Aloha!!  Thanks again for checking out my website.   When you come to Hawaii It is important to find the best surf instructor for you and your  family.  So let me tell you a little about myself. I adopted the name Sunset Suzy from lifeguarding and surfing Sunset Beach for the last 15 years.  With my lifeguarding experience and ocean safety skills I started a surf school and Surf camps in Hawaii.  I wanted to teach the people how to enjoy the ocean safely and surf in Hawaii.The north shore can be a tricky place to learn how to surf.  However there are some perfect small wave coves that provide small fun waves for beginners.  I will show you exactly where these small fun waves are located, and how to surf on them  and have a blast!Hollywood has come to the north shore of Oahu a few times.  I was lucky enough to be chosen to be in the Movie “BLUE CRUSH”,    where I played a surfer girl.  It was fun to meet Kate Bosworth and surf with her while filming the movie.   The movie was made here on the  north shore and I take my students to the same beaches where the movie was filmed.  Bay watch Hawaii also was filmed here and I was a stunt women for the show.  I fell off boats, surfed and played a surfer girl in many of the episodes.I was also fortunate enough to co host “Girl Meets Hawaii“  with Samantha Brown from the Travel channel!   I showed Samantha around the north shore and all the beautiful waves we have here.Jimmy Buffet comes to the north shore all the time and is a great surfer and a nice man.  We surf together each time he comes to town and he’s always so much fun to surf with.The north shore of Oahu is a beautiful Place filled with awesome waves, waterfalls, sea turtles, and white sand beaches.  So if your coming to Hawaii for a Surf camp or just a daily lesson please let me show you around, teach you how and where to surf safely and take good care of you!
God bless and I hope to be surfing with you soon!
Sunset Suzy

Is it possible to think about Hawaii without thinking about pineapple?  Halakahiki (Hawaiian for pineapple) has become a symbol of the beauitful Hawaiian Islands.  You have probably eaten pineapple at least once in your lifetime, but did you know that it is an excellent source of Vitamins A and C, but most importantly the enzyme Bromelain.  Bromelain helps the body’s digestive system and also has anit-infammatory properties as well. So while your in Hawaii, sample the delicious fruit( it’s good for you) and take a few minutes to tour a pineapple plantation..it’s really interesting and fun too!

There are basically five different kinds of pineapple.  The Smooth Cayenne is the variety that is grown in Hawaii.  It weighs about 5-6 pounds and ranges in color from light yellow to yellow.  It is high in sugar as well as acid.  It is the most accessible variety of pineapple and it’s most often found in grocery stores in the United States.

Grow Your Own

Pineapples are usually grown by propagation, which means they are grown by replanting a part of themselves.  If you live in a warm climate, you can grow your own pineapple plant.  Simply remove the crown from a fresh pineapple by twisting it off gently.  Remove the bottom leaves, and then let the crown dry out for a couple days.  You can then plant the crown in a sunny location, about 2 inches down into the earth.  When the plant is a year old, it will flower.  The flowers are small, pink, and resemble a pine cone.  It takes about a year and a half for the plant to produce a pineapple.

Fun Pineapple Facts

* In 2004 there were 31,000 acres of pineapples grown in Hawaii

* 1/3 of the world’s pineapple comes from Hawaii

* Pineapple is not a single fruit, but a cluster of 100-200 tiny fruitlets

* Pineapples can grow up to 20 pounds….but it makes them difficult for shipping!

Visit the Dole Plantation

Ten minutes from Haleiwa Town on the North Shore form Waikiki, takke H-1 West to H-2 North. Continue to Kamehameha Highway. Dole Plantation is located at 64-1550 Kamehameha Highway. Approximately 40 minute drive from Waikiki

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